it's funny to see this post. I was just reading a New York Times article about Amy Poehler from Saturday Night Live. The article is supposed to be about how this girl is able to make it with all the boys who dominate SNL and standup comedy. But rather than emphasizing how a woman might succeed in comedy as a woman, all the explanations provided are about how she's been able to fit in, because really "she has always been one of the guys." Her gender, one of her male friends argues "just didn't seem to matter." Finally, her husband makes the point that people don't see her as "a funny lady but just as a funny person." How many times do they have to suggest that a real "funny person," i.e. a comedian, is inherently a man? It must be the rare lucky woman who's able to pass herself off as enough like a "comedian" to be able to be called funny too.
it's funny to see this post. I was just reading a New York Times article about Amy Poehler from Saturday Night Live. The article is supposed to be about how this girl is able to make it with all the boys who dominate SNL and standup comedy. But rather than emphasizing how a woman might succeed in comedy as a woman, all the explanations provided are about how she's been able to fit in, because really "she has always been one of the guys." Her gender, one of her male friends argues "just didn't seem to matter." Finally, her husband makes the point that people don't see her as "a funny lady but just as a funny person." How many times do they have to suggest that a real "funny person," i.e. a comedian, is inherently a man? It must be the rare lucky woman who's able to pass herself off as enough like a "comedian" to be able to be called funny too.